Next Antares Launch Rescheduled for 9 June

22 April 2014
The next launch of Orbital Science’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the ISS has been rescheduled for 9 June. The original launch date had been 6 May. If all goes according to plan, the 9 June launch will be the first night-time launch of Antares. It is currently scheduled to lift off at approximately 2 a.m. EDT. The launch will be the second of eight cargo missions to be launched from Wallops under Orbital’s Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. (Image Credit: NASA)More Info > (Delmarva (MD) Daily Times)